The second annual Community Veteran’s Day Celebration has been scheduled. The event will take place at Memorial Plaza in downtown Atlanta on Thursday, November 11, at 6 p.m.
Michael Weerts, the manager of the Weerts Family Farm in Cass County, received the Texas Region IV Outstanding Forestry Conservationist from the Association of Texas Soil and Water Conservation Districts and the 2021 Outstanding Forestry Conservationist from the Marion-Cass Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) for excellence in forestry conservation.
In 1859 Preston Rose Scott bought many acres of farmland in East Texas. When the Texas and Pacific Railroad built laid the tracks through his land, he saw the opportunity before him and sold lots on streets named after his first four children – Thomas, William, Buckner and Hiram.
One of Ted Thompson’s former classmates, Danny Harp, once told of a time where Thompson proclaimed he would be the general manager of the Green Bay Packers or the New York Yankees when he grew up.
The reports of catalytic converter theft in Atlanta were confirmed Friday by Chief Robin Betts. The City of Atlanta and several businesses were recently hit. Among the thefts were trucks from the City of Atlanta in a gated area which had their converters removed. Betts also said that regionally Spring Hill, LA had over 20 vehicle part thefts. Elsewhere in the county, Chief Lee in Linden has reported that there have been no thefts recently there.